Alemannia Judaica

In Grünstadt there was a Jewish community until 1940. Its origin goes back to the time of the 17th century For the first time a Jewish person from Grünstadt is mentioned on the occasion of their admission in the Franconian Leutershausen (district Ansbach) in 1612. At the end of the 17th century a Jewishcommunity in Grünstadt is mentioned for the first time in a document from 1698, which had made a larger collection to the Mannheim community after the fire of 1689.

In Groß-Zimmern there was a Jewish community until 1938. Its origin goes back to the time of the 17th/18th century. For the first time in 1605 a Jewish inhabitant is mentioned in Groß-Zimmern. In the 18th century there was already an independent Jewish community: in 1770 there were already 19 Jewish families living in the village; in 1802 there were 13, in 1815 15 families.

In Eßweiler existed a Jewish community until the beginning of the 20th century. Its origin goes back to the time of the second half of the 17th century For the first time 1698 four Jewish families are mentioned in the place.

In Diersburg, which until the beginning of the 19th century belonged to the Ritterkanton Ortenau, a Jewish community existed until 1938/40. Its origin goes back to the time of the 18th century . Of the 1748 named Levi Meyer it is said that he had been living in Diersburg (previously in Schmieheim) for eleven years (i.e. since 1737); in 1738 Samuel Ellenbogen is mentioned. In 1744 there were five Jewish families in the village, in 1759 eleven families.

In Bleicherode existed a Jewish community until 1938/42. Already in the Middle Ages Jews lived in the city. 1368 to 1389 Jews "von Bleicherode" are proven in Erfurt. In 1418 the Jews of Bleicherode paid 1 gulden bull money to the empire. From the years 1482 and 1488 there are reports of robbery attacks on traveling Jews in Bleicherode. In 1589 there were five Jewish families in the town. In 1593 the Jews were expelled.

In Alsheim there was a Jewish community until the 1930s. Its origin goes back to the time of the 16th century . Jews were admitted for the first time in 1529. In 1550, four Jewish families were mentioned in the village. However, the number of Jewish families remained small until the end of the 18th century.